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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the function of vitamin C?
18-25
starches - sugars - and cellulose
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
2. What is the function of vitamin E?
antioxidant - immune function
fat soluble vitamins
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
day week or month
3. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
trans fatty acid
dark green - orange - drybeans
hemoglobin
4. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
liver and intestinal synthesis
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
5. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
5.5 ounces/day
review of systems
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
6. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
6 oz. a day
hemoglobin
albumin levels
500 cal/day
7. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one week period
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dietary approach to stop hypertension
8. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
hemoglobin
trans fatty acid
4 calories/gram
decrease in total lymphocyte count
9. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
decrease in total lymphocyte count
day week or month
10. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
18-25
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
cream cheese - cream or butter
11. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
vitamin K
essential amino acids
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
12. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein
2 cups
starches - sugars - and cellulose
13. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
B and C
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
TPN total parenteral nutrition
14. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
18-25
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
vitamin C - citrus fruits
15. What is normal BMI?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
18-25
16. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2 cups
dark green - orange - drybeans
one week period
17. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
300 cal/day increase
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vitamin K
18. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
fat soluble vitamins
19. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
diet recall
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
20. What is normal albumin levels?
500 cal/day
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
rickets - osteomalacia
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
21. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
4 calories/gram
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
carrots and sweet potatoes
one tspn salt or less
22. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
rickets - osteomalacia
4 calories/gram
vitamin K
23. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
dairy and fortified foods
one tspn salt or less
low albumin levels < 3.4
can consume more calories without weight gain
24. Where can you get more vitamin D?
one tspn salt or less
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
fats
dairy and fortified foods
25. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
dairy and fortified foods
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
albumin levels
26. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
4 calories/gram
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
27. When does BMR increase?
apple is higher risk than a pear
transferrin
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
28. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
apple is higher risk than a pear
carrots and sweet potatoes
rickets - osteomalacia
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
29. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
pregnant women or elderly
atrophy or wasting of muscle
30. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
diet recall
pregnant women or elderly
31. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
prealbumin levels
diet recall
dairy and fortified foods
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
32. What function is vitamin D?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
pregnant women or elderly
liver and intestinal synthesis
33. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
prealbumin levels
cream cheese - cream or butter
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
34. What type of people need extra protein?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
vitamin K
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
35. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemoglobin
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
hemorrhage
can consume more calories without weight gain
36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
vitamin K
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
transferrin
one tspn salt or less
37. Fats can lead to some medical problems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
6 oz. a day
hemoglobin
38. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
2 cups
fat soluble vitamins
2.5 cups
6 oz. a day
39. How many calories/gram is protein?
rickets - osteomalacia
transferrin
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
40. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
day week or month
trans fatty acid
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
pregnant women or elderly
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
transferrin
liver and intestinal synthesis
500 cal/day
42. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
day week or month
one tspn salt or less
transferrin
atrophy or wasting of muscle
43. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
cream cheese - cream or butter
starches - sugars - and cellulose
liver and intestinal synthesis
44. What is RDA of protein?
rickets - osteomalacia
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
45. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
fat soluble vitamins
protein
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
46. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
fat soluble vitamins
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
5.5 ounces/day
carrots and sweet potatoes
47. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
rickets - osteomalacia
one week period
fats
48. Sources of fats
18-25
protein
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
can consume more calories without weight gain
49. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
carrots and sweet potatoes
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
apple is higher risk than a pear
50. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
500 cal/day
fats
4 calories/gram